Freckles

This afternoon I really enjoyed attending a cupcake decorating class at Angel Cake Bakery in Coleraine. We piped buttercream Christmas trees and swirls and wreaths and roses (loved learning these) Afternoon tea was served – cucumber sandwiches, victoria sponge and tea served in vintage china (my granny had this Royal Albert Country Roses set) It …

Probably the longest blog title ever!!! Felt like singing Van Morrison’s “Coney Island” as I drove down to lovely Killyleagh to deliver Janmary Designs jewellery ….. Drove through Shrigley taking pictures And on to Killyleagh …. On and on, over the hill ….. Autumn sunshine, magnificent And all shining through The shop I was delivering…

Last week I took the opportunity while in Belfast city centre to visit the new Cath Kidston shop. It is directly opposite Avoca (which I love) and just down from White Stuff (which I love too)! Cath Kidston decscribed her designs as having a Marmite effect – she said this “People either love it and…

Colourful crochet at Clotworthy from the Spinning Yarns festival….. so much colour and texture. Delivered lots of new Janmary Designs jewellery to the lovely shop in Clotworthy House, Castle Gardens in Antrim this morning.

Here are my daily photos for the last few days. And here is my digital scrapbooking weekly summary.Last night was the Eurovision Song Contest. I have memories of staying up later to watch this as a child. In fact one year my brothers tried to tape the songs using a cassette recorder which was set…

I met Jennifer (Jennfer Kelly, Image Consultant) last year, after she got in touch to order some pieces of my jewellery for her new shop in Grays Hill, Bangor. She has been encouraging me to have a colour consultation for some time, but I have always been a bit wary of having my colours “done”!…